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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... cutaneous plaques) AML ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Syndrome - Causes and Treatment ... Hydroxyurea - Leukemia ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Treatment #Management
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
large, immature myeloblasts ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... (AML) that is most ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Map of proliferative blood disorders. 

By Ariella Coler-Reilly @ariellastudies

#Algorithm #classification #proliferative #blood #disorders #leukemia #hematology #oncology
blood #disorders #leukemia ... hematology #oncology #diagnosis ... #CML #CLL #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... promyelocytic leukemia ... hospitalization and treatment ... (AML) t(8;21), ... AML with maturation
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myeloid Leukemia ... (AML) • Chronic ... Myeloid Leukemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Leukemia Subtypes - Classification

Remember that AML is the most common acute leukemia among
Acute and Chronic Leukemia ... Remember that AML ... common chronic leukemia ... #Leukemia #Subtypes ... Classification #Diagnosis
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Treatment Schema ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Cytarabine #ALL ... Lymphoblastic #Leukemia ... pediatrics #peds #management
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

 • Definition
 • DDx
 • Dx Tool and Risk Stratification
 • Treatment
Myelomonocytic Leukemia ... Stratification • Treatment ... Myelomonocytic #Leukemia ... CMML #oncology #diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
and Management ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Management • ... only curative treatment ... #Management #treatment